Backup Script

From The Wiki Guide

This script will allow you to backup your drive. Feel free to modify this script.

#!/bin/bash

#Backup up script

backupdir="/var/backup_temp"
date=`date +%m.%d.%y`

echo "Script created by JzPIan, feel free to distribute and modify this script"
echo ""

#Check to see if the necessary directories exist

if [ ! -e /var/backup ]; then
 mkdir /var/backup
 echo "Backup directory created"
else
  echo "Backup directory exists"
fi

if [ ! -e $backupdir/root ]; then
   mkdir $backupdir/root 
   echo "Root directory created"
else
 echo "Root Directory exists"
fi 

if [ ! -e $backupdir/boot ]; then
   mkdir $backupdir/boot
   echo "boot directory created"
else
 echo   "Boot Directory exists"
fi
if [ ! -e $backupdir/home ]; then
  mkdir $backupdir/home
  echo "home directory created"
else
 echo   "Home Directory exists"
fi

echo ""

#Copy data from source directories to backup destination

#Root Directory
echo "Root backup"
echo ""
cp -Rpv /root $backupdir/
echo ""
#Boot Directory
echo "Boot Backup"
echo ""
cp -Rpv /boot $backupdir/
echo ""

#Home Directories
echo "Home backup"
echo ""
cp -Rpv /home $backupdir/
echo ""

#Tar and GZIP of directories with date stamp

echo "Compressing file: backup.tar.gz"
echo ""

tar -cf backup.tar $backupdir
gzip backup.tar
mv backup.tar.gz /var/backup/backup.tar.gz.$date
echo ""

echo "File moved to /var/backup"
echo ""
rm -fr backup_temp
echo "Backup Complete"